Be back later, superstar.
♥ Ingrid Seven and Mara Prince.
Mara #4 is out today! Pick it up in your local comic shop or online at comiXology!
Written by Brian Wood, colors by Jordie Bellaire! Also featuring pinups by Yasmin Liang and Peter Krause!
Make us proud.
Another beautiful photoset from MARA #1! Getting excited for #3 to come out this Wednesday, hope you guys like it! :)
Mara #2 is in stores and on ComiXology today!
As superstar athlete Mara Prince’s superpower manifestation is caught on live TV, her life rapidly starts to spiral out of control. The media descends like vultures. Her handlers go into spin mode. The footage is seen around the world, and this young woman, who only hours ago was the darling of pop culture, is now being slammed and ridiculed for being a fraud and a liar. But the more she tries to fight back, the only thing she’s doing is escalating the problem. A sci-fi take on real world superheroes by the powerhouse team of BRIAN WOOD, MING DOYLE and JORDIE BELLAIRE!
Here’s one of my favorite panels from the issue along with the cover. You can preview or buy Mara #2 right over here.
“Brian left most of the stylistic details up to me, but early on he threw a lot of fun keywords my way, like “supercities,” “blimps,” and “Starship Troopers,” which I was instantly all over. I haven’t had the opportunity to draw anything on the scale of this story before, so whenever I get to a panel in the script that says something like “futurecity gridlock,” I just have so much fun.”
Ming Doyle—discussing her new miniseries with Brian Wood, Mara—in this week’s Talking Comics with me.
Here’s a preview of MARA, available today at your local comic shop or digitally on comiXology! I’m really pleased to be working on my first miniseries with such an awesome creative team. Seriously, they are wizards, so I hope you guys enjoy!
Mara #1 (of 6)
Story by: Brian Wood
Art by: Ming Doyle
Colors by: Jordie Bellaire
Publisher: Image Comics
Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: OCT120448
On Sale: December 26, 2012
Acclaimed creator BRIAN WOOD (The Massive, DMZ, Demo, Northlanders) and brilliant newcomer MING DOYLE (The Loneliest Astronauts, Fantastic Four, Girl Comics) bring you MARA, the story of an especially gifted woman in a sports-and war-obsessed future. Young Mara Prince is at the top of the world, a global celebrity in a culture that prizes physical achievement above all else. After she manifests supernatural abilities on live TV, she becomes famous all over again but for the worst reasons. Integrating themes of superpowers, celebrity worship, corporate power, feminism, and political brinksmanship, MARA takes a classic genre to new places.
I’ll be there! I will not have a table this year. I will be walking around and enjoying the convention! I’ll be doing two days of signings at TABLE C around 3:30 and 5:00 PM.
Plus! There is an exclusive EARLY release of Nowhere Men #1 out this weekend at Thought Bubble ONLY! Get it while you can with an awesome limited edition cover!
AND! An exclusive screenprint for Mara, limited to 50 copies only, will also be available at Thought Bubble!
Hope to see you nerds there!
Jordie Bellaire is talented and great, and all UK people should go see her and try to snag our exclusive MARA screenprint collaboration!
The cover and synopsis for MARA #2 are here! Out January 30th!
MARA #2 (of 6)
story BRIAN WOOD
art MING DOYLE
colors JORDIE BELLAIRE
JANUARY 30, 32 PAGES / FC / T
$2.99As superstar athlete Mara Prince’s superpower manifestation is caught on live TV, her life rapidly starts to spiral out of control. The media descends like vultures. Her handlers go into spin mode. The footage is seen around the world, and this young woman, who only hours ago was the darling of pop culture, is now being slammed and ridiculed for being a fraud and a liar. But the more she tries to fight back, the only thing she’s doing is escalating the problem. A sci-fi take on real world superheroes by the powerhouse team of BRIAN WOOD, MING DOYLE and JORDIE BELLAIRE!
MARA #1 is now available for pre-order, Diamond ID: OCT120448
MARA #1 is now available for pre-order in Diamond! Diamond ID: OCT120448
If you want to buy it, please make sure to tell your local comic shop to pre-order it now and save you a copy! It’ll be on shelves Wednesday, 12/26!
Womanthology: Space #1 is in stores today. I’ve got a cute little retro 2-pager in it called “The Adventures of Princess Plutonia!” which takes some time-honored action adventure tropes and turns them right around. I wrote and drew the story, and my bro~4~lyfe Jordie Bellaire colored it in a completely pulp-awesome style.
Here are the inks for the first page. Pick up the issue at your LCS or on ComiXology to read the story and see Jordie’s beautiful work!
Gelatinauts! Jump Cannons! Harems of Rarities! Go!
Brian Truitt interviewed Brian Wood and me about Mara, coming from Image Comics this December! Read the article and catch an exciting first look at Jordie Bellaire’s absolutely beautiful colors for the series too!
Breaking news! I’ll be drawing Mara, a miniseries written by Brian Wood with colors by Jordie Bellaire! Sports, superpowers, and sci-fi society collide. So excited to start on this project and work with this team!
Read the full announcement over at Comics Alliance.
